DOCUMENT:Q189741  21-JUL-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :BUG: Form Falls to Background When MsgBox Appears
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When a project has two or more visible forms and a message box is
displayed, one or more forms fall to the background, possibly behind other
forms. This behavior did not occur in Visual Basic version 4.0.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when a MsgBox is displayed from a form that has the
following properties set:

   ShowInTaskBar = False
   BorderStyle = 3-FixedDialog

RESOLUTION
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Change the ShowInTaskBar property to True or the BorderStyle property to
something other than 3-FixedDialog.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps To Reproduce
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1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
   default.

2. Add a new form (Form2) to the project.

3. In the Form1 Click event, place the following code:

      Private Sub Form1_Click()
         Form2.Show
      End Sub

4. In the Form2 Click event, place the following code.

      Private Sub Form2_Click()
         MsgBox "Where's the Form?"
      End Sub

5. Change the BorderStyle property of Form2 to number 3-Fixed dialog.

6. Change the ShowInTaskBar property of Form2 to False.

7. Press the F5 key to run the project.

8. Click on Form1 and then click Form2. The MsgBox is displayed and then
   Form2 drops to the background, possibly behind Form1.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbVBp500bug kbVBp400 kbMessageBox kbdss
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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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